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that is certainly a feudal aspect of pakistan. in pakistan, you need protection. you need protection against your neighbors. you need protection against the police. you need protection against the courts who may be used by your neighbors against you. you need powerful protection. even when there is not genuine kinship, you have artificial kinship groups or faction for the sake of protection against all the predatory forces in which you're surrounded. quickly, this is quite a gallop being left out, but there is a balance, and, of course, it is dominant in pakistan, and they have 60% of the population, 75% or so of industry and so forth, but it is a very ambiguous province and when they talk about the establishment, it's something which is only quite a small chunk of even the wealthy, by even in pakistan, there is more similarity perhaps to india than immediately meets the eye in the term the establishment cannot dictate. there is often element of compromise. the classic example of this is the dam held out by pashtuns. the dam was talked about 60 years ago. three de
that is certainly a feudal aspect of pakistan. in pakistan, you need protection. you need protection against your neighbors. you need protection against the police. you need protection against the courts who may be used by your neighbors against you. you need powerful protection. even when there is not genuine kinship, you have artificial kinship groups or faction for the sake of protection against all the predatory forces in which you're surrounded. quickly, this is quite a gallop being left...
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taliban is in pakistan. anyway. the second thing, more surprising, actually, and this indicates -- the success of the military campaign -- that unlike the growing impression of a few year back up to the spring of 2009 the pakistani army is capable of defeating insurgency in some areas, containing it and at least to some extent rolling it back. in other words, the idea that pakistan is going to be overthrown by a spreading insurgency is wrong. that's not going to happen. the second -- and, actually, i always expected that as soon as the army pulled itself together, motivateed its troops, got sufficient political backing. perhaps more striking is the reconstruction in swat has proceeded very well. admittedly, this is only one district, but it is a district which after having been badly damaged by the fighting in the 2009 was then even more damaged, of course, by the floods of last year. and the reconstruction after both of these episodes has been impressive. in terms of the restoration of infrastructure, the a
taliban is in pakistan. anyway. the second thing, more surprising, actually, and this indicates -- the success of the military campaign -- that unlike the growing impression of a few year back up to the spring of 2009 the pakistani army is capable of defeating insurgency in some areas, containing it and at least to some extent rolling it back. in other words, the idea that pakistan is going to be overthrown by a spreading insurgency is wrong. that's not going to happen. the second -- and,...
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finally let me turn to pakistan. we all accept the long-term stability in afghanistan depends on stability in pakistan. when i met president zadari. like amended the pakistan's security forces in tackling violent extreme as in the northwest of the country but as the prime ministers said the situation in pakistan continues to be serious. there's a danger that the death of osama bin laden which should be welcomed on all sides will not have that effect in pakistan. i asked him there for what steps he has taken for british support of counter-terrorism in pakistan at the heart of our relationship to the pakistan government. we all want to see british troops come home at the earliest opportunity, not least all the families and friends of those who are currently serving in afghanistan. we also want to see the campaign concluded in a way that ensures their service and sacrifice has not been in vain and afghanistan and a wider region moves into a stable future rather than once again posing a serious threat to our security and
finally let me turn to pakistan. we all accept the long-term stability in afghanistan depends on stability in pakistan. when i met president zadari. like amended the pakistan's security forces in tackling violent extreme as in the northwest of the country but as the prime ministers said the situation in pakistan continues to be serious. there's a danger that the death of osama bin laden which should be welcomed on all sides will not have that effect in pakistan. i asked him there for what steps...
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pakistan and u.s.-pakistan relationships are one of the center's highest priorities. rh a program organizes public offense on pakistan on a monthly basis. we hosted a public address by pakistan's finance minister. we bring pakistani journals and scholars and visiting scholars. in addition it is open to scholars of all nationalities. the center and its asia program sponsor an annual competition open only to pakistani scholars. i am pleased to see maybe one of those scholars re-ask con whose new book on afghanistan was written while he was a scholar is with us today. rh a program has undertaken an extensive review of the economics assistance program and we will roll out the conclusions of that later this year. the house foreign affairs committee yesterday, sand that means walled off running for economic assistance and military assistance to pakistan until the president certifies that the area has adequate cooperation on counterterrorism. that is just one house committee but that is a move that some feel including me may go in the wrong direction, economic assistance i w
pakistan and u.s.-pakistan relationships are one of the center's highest priorities. rh a program organizes public offense on pakistan on a monthly basis. we hosted a public address by pakistan's finance minister. we bring pakistani journals and scholars and visiting scholars. in addition it is open to scholars of all nationalities. the center and its asia program sponsor an annual competition open only to pakistani scholars. i am pleased to see maybe one of those scholars re-ask con whose new...
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and we welcome the positive cooperation between afghanistan and pakistan on that front. at the same time the prime minister and i both agree that our nations have a long-term interest in ensuring that afghanistan never again becomes the launching pad for attacks against our people. so alongside our nato allies and partners, we are committed to a strong and enduring partnership with the people of afghanistan. as historic change unfolds across the middle east, north africa, we agree that the pursuit of self-determination must be driven by the people of the region and not imposed from the outside, but we are both committed to doing everything that we can to support peoples who reach for democracy, and leaders who implement democratic reform. tomorrow we will discuss with our g-8 partners out of those of us in the wider international committee that can support nations that make the reforms necessary to build a framework for democracy, freedom and prosperity for the people. at the same time we will continue to strongly oppose the use of violence against protesters, and any ef
and we welcome the positive cooperation between afghanistan and pakistan on that front. at the same time the prime minister and i both agree that our nations have a long-term interest in ensuring that afghanistan never again becomes the launching pad for attacks against our people. so alongside our nato allies and partners, we are committed to a strong and enduring partnership with the people of afghanistan. as historic change unfolds across the middle east, north africa, we agree that the...
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pakistan, the pakistan military is where i have most of my connections, but from what i read, i have concerns about pakistan's governance and their ability to meet the needs of their people. and i believe right now president karzai would be in a better position on this than the leadership, political leadership of pakistan. >> in both afghanistan and we depend on the pakistani military, the pakistani government to be able to take care of those largely isolated areas like the swat and the particular areas of their where there are safe haven for al qaeda and other taliban and other hostile operatives. and that makes it much more difficult for us to be able to contain and degrade and defeat that enemy. is that fair? >> it is very fair, sir. again, it's the federally ministered tribal area of the fault of which constitution is under a different sort of governance, even within pakistan. further, i think the impact of the floods this year, we serve alongside the pakistan military that performed very well, providing relief and life-saving efforts. but those floods which were enormous in the
pakistan, the pakistan military is where i have most of my connections, but from what i read, i have concerns about pakistan's governance and their ability to meet the needs of their people. and i believe right now president karzai would be in a better position on this than the leadership, political leadership of pakistan. >> in both afghanistan and we depend on the pakistani military, the pakistani government to be able to take care of those largely isolated areas like the swat and the...
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we can't afford to throw pakistan over the side. we've got a lot of friends in pakistan. there are also obviously elements that are not friendly to the united states. i think we did pretty good relationship when we went with musharraf, but, of course, he's a longer there. he has threatened if he returns, he's not likely to return. and i think their government is weak. i think their intelligence service is of mixed opinion in terms of their approach, but even as painful, as difficult as it is i think it would be irresponsible for us at this stage to pull the plug on that relationship, or to satisfy some of political yearning to back them up alongside the head. because that's likely to be, it's already been again a major source of the liberation to north korea with respect to nuclear capabilities. >> i'm going to give the final word to editor in chief, robert thompson. >> vice president cheney, thank you very much. if you could hold your formation. i would also like to thank again seven samurai, the sponsors, the cme group, intel, let no vote, particularly bonobo. i have to
we can't afford to throw pakistan over the side. we've got a lot of friends in pakistan. there are also obviously elements that are not friendly to the united states. i think we did pretty good relationship when we went with musharraf, but, of course, he's a longer there. he has threatened if he returns, he's not likely to return. and i think their government is weak. i think their intelligence service is of mixed opinion in terms of their approach, but even as painful, as difficult as it is i...
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and pakistan? >> welcome again, those are allegations and we've asked the pakistani government to address those allegations in the past. there's a criminal -- brother there is a trial ongoing now that's aiming to answer some of those questions, but i don't want to get into it beyond that . >> i know there are allegations . the fbi has filed charges in the chicago court in which they have mentioned major iqbal who is a iqbal officer. >> i just meant -- there is a legal process under way and anything i say on here can obviously -- semidey know anything about -- >> is anyone from this building sitting in on the hearing? >> that is a good question. i will ask that. >> christoff how's his hands raised so i will go back to you . >> i want to know how we'd win this department learned -- did learn about his arrest and the state department has been involved in any way in the procedure? >> obviously, again i feel like i say this a fair amount appeared that this is an ongoing legal matter and i need to be som
and pakistan? >> welcome again, those are allegations and we've asked the pakistani government to address those allegations in the past. there's a criminal -- brother there is a trial ongoing now that's aiming to answer some of those questions, but i don't want to get into it beyond that . >> i know there are allegations . the fbi has filed charges in the chicago court in which they have mentioned major iqbal who is a iqbal officer. >> i just meant -- there is a legal process...
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>> sir, i believe the pakistanis know he is in pakistan. whether or not there is a -- >> let me ask you this. if they tried for about a week, do you think they could find him? >> sir, i can't answer that question. i don't know whether they could or not. because i don't know where he is. >> have we asked them to find him? >> sir, i believe they have. >> well, i'm asking. i think senator levin and i both ask together today. we are asking the pakistan government to help us find mullah omar who has tried to destroy afghanistan, who has formed an allegiance with al qaeda, and so along those lines general allen, are we certain that i.e.d.s being used against american troops in afghanistan and coalition working in general are coming out of pakistan? senator, i believe, yes, we are. >> smart. -- as a matter of fact, we have given pakistani information and buildings. is that not true? >> that's true. >> have they responded? >> no. >> i'm with chairman levin. this has got to stop. let's talk about corruption. have you read the article about the afgha
>> sir, i believe the pakistanis know he is in pakistan. whether or not there is a -- >> let me ask you this. if they tried for about a week, do you think they could find him? >> sir, i can't answer that question. i don't know whether they could or not. because i don't know where he is. >> have we asked them to find him? >> sir, i believe they have. >> well, i'm asking. i think senator levin and i both ask together today. we are asking the pakistan government...
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pakistan. in that part of the world pakistan couple always with india, pakistan being the trouble spot. that relationship is really deteriorated hasn't it with the united states? >> it's a difficult relationship and has been for many years. you can go back and trees the difficulties our country has encountered. we've gone through periods of closeness and distance, and part of the reason we keep going back and looking at it is a very important relationship and it's especially important with respect to our work in afghanistan but this actually links to some of your previous questions because pakistan is so poor and needs so much reform and their government in the fundamental services that it's a constant vicious cycle if you can't have a decent tax base so you can actually have school for universal the education than you are going to have families desperate to get their sons a ticket, turn them over to madrassas that are going to entel kathen in extremism and on and on and on. so part of what we'
pakistan. in that part of the world pakistan couple always with india, pakistan being the trouble spot. that relationship is really deteriorated hasn't it with the united states? >> it's a difficult relationship and has been for many years. you can go back and trees the difficulties our country has encountered. we've gone through periods of closeness and distance, and part of the reason we keep going back and looking at it is a very important relationship and it's especially important...
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i couldn't face writing pakistan. afghanistan for some reason was easy for me to write and i could not face writing pakistan. it was just this writer's block. i was writing around the half of the book that dealt with pakistan or only writing the funny bits, and then i went to visit my mother for ten days over christmas, which is a great way to write a book, because you realize that you have an excuse to get away from your mother for half the day, you know, because at least my mother likes to talk about feelings and emotions and things like that. so, i would take half the day and i would write the book, and then i would come and i would read it to her. and that -- i wrote all of pakistan in those ten days. i wrote about 5,000 words a day. it was all inside me waiting to come out and i kind of needed my mom around almost to hold my hand and to walk me through it. she didn't know any -- my parents did know any of the stuff i went through because you're protecting them. so i was really difficult for her as well to hear ev
i couldn't face writing pakistan. afghanistan for some reason was easy for me to write and i could not face writing pakistan. it was just this writer's block. i was writing around the half of the book that dealt with pakistan or only writing the funny bits, and then i went to visit my mother for ten days over christmas, which is a great way to write a book, because you realize that you have an excuse to get away from your mother for half the day, you know, because at least my mother likes to...
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governments and pakistan. >> but does the secretary believe pakistan should be afforded treatment on textiles? >> the trade is important and it's part of the conversation, and that will continue. >> "washington post" reported over the weekend that u.s. is planning to announce more aid to pakistan. is that true? >> the fact is we have committed significant amount of resources to pakistan under the kerry-lugar-berman act over the last two years. we've tripled our civilian assistance to pakistan to $1.5 billion a year, and that is a substantial amount of money. we've -- it's at the heart of the ongoing roadmap we are working with pakistan. i'm not aware of any plan to change that. >> and there's another bill pending in congress, roz bill, which would benefit both afghanistan and pakistan. what is the state department -- >> yeah, that is something we continue to discuss. >> and do you have the world leaders who are coming? >> i do not have a full list. >> do you expect all the special reps from afghanistan countries? >> i'll talk to the srap office and see what details we're going to hav
governments and pakistan. >> but does the secretary believe pakistan should be afforded treatment on textiles? >> the trade is important and it's part of the conversation, and that will continue. >> "washington post" reported over the weekend that u.s. is planning to announce more aid to pakistan. is that true? >> the fact is we have committed significant amount of resources to pakistan under the kerry-lugar-berman act over the last two years. we've tripled our...
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agency in pakistan. they pretty much control everything there. it's as if there's a combination of the cia, fbi, and their entire focus is on what's happening inside their country, not necessarily what's happening outside the country, so we would be followed. they could come to our doors. there's funny scenes of them following us around as i was getting dry cleaning. if we met with an afghan or indian, then you were on their radar. in other words, the isi is pretty much everywhere in that country, but it's not a top-down organization. it's not like as if the guy on top knows everything that's going ton below because of what happened during the 80s. they had different cells of the isi working with these different jihad groups to work across the border in afghanistan and in fighting against the soviets, so you have this mentality there to sl self-contained cells, almost like a terrorist organization, within the isi, so getting back to you question -- do i believe that the leadership of the isi and the afte
agency in pakistan. they pretty much control everything there. it's as if there's a combination of the cia, fbi, and their entire focus is on what's happening inside their country, not necessarily what's happening outside the country, so we would be followed. they could come to our doors. there's funny scenes of them following us around as i was getting dry cleaning. if we met with an afghan or indian, then you were on their radar. in other words, the isi is pretty much everywhere in that...
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finally let me turn to pakistan. we all accept the long-term stability in afghanistan depends on stability in pakistan. when i met president zadari. like amended the pakistan's security forces in tackling violent extreme as in the northwest of the country but as the prime ministers said the situation in pakistan continues to be serious. there's a danger that the death of osama bin laden which should be welcomed on all sides will not have that effect in pakistan. i asked him there for what steps he has taken for british support of counter-terrorism in pakistan at the heart of our relationship to the pakistan government. we all want to see british troops come home at the earliest opportunity, not least all the families and friends of those who are currently serving in afghanistan. we also want to see the campaign concluded in a way that ensures their service and sacrifice has not been in vain and afghanistan and a wider region moves into a stable future rather than once again posing a serious threat to our security and
finally let me turn to pakistan. we all accept the long-term stability in afghanistan depends on stability in pakistan. when i met president zadari. like amended the pakistan's security forces in tackling violent extreme as in the northwest of the country but as the prime ministers said the situation in pakistan continues to be serious. there's a danger that the death of osama bin laden which should be welcomed on all sides will not have that effect in pakistan. i asked him there for what steps...
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therefore, we are stuck with pakistan because we withdraw in this case pakistan, or we entice her pakistan in various ways into collaborating in a staged withdrawal, so this comes to the point that there really doesn't matter if what happened in the past at this moment, if our goal list to somehow exit afghanistan without attempting, we must deal with pakistan. who else can we -- >> host: that's right. the question isn't so much dealing with pakistan with is the longer-term out, in terms of are they going to come away from wherever we end up with a new status quo in afghanistan we committed to their campaign of undermining their neighbor next door in india. >> guest: that is exactly the choice. we can avoid that by staying in afghanistan permanently. or live with it. so here is exactly how i approach a foreign policy issue. if pakistan comes to be secure in afghanistan to destabilize india. shall we therefore see permanent in afghanistan? how do we prevent that? where i come to stay yes, pakistan and india have reasons to distrust each other. i don't think they are going to go away. i thin
therefore, we are stuck with pakistan because we withdraw in this case pakistan, or we entice her pakistan in various ways into collaborating in a staged withdrawal, so this comes to the point that there really doesn't matter if what happened in the past at this moment, if our goal list to somehow exit afghanistan without attempting, we must deal with pakistan. who else can we -- >> host: that's right. the question isn't so much dealing with pakistan with is the longer-term out, in terms...
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where was pakistan at that time? in some ways this beak is also a book about america and pakistan, america and islam, so, you know, i don't want to sort of lose sight of those aspects of the book in, you know, in the fine grain because she is a vehicle for a lot of these sort of meditations, but as to the question of what i decided to do with her letters. i felt it was important for -- to have her as a vehicle for the reader to experience her letters, you know, with immediacy in her own words rather than me paraphrasing them or, you know, saying, you know, well, she says that she graduated from high school in 1953, but actually it was 1952. i find that correcting voice as a biographer is very distancing, and i wanted the readers to feel about her the way i felt about her when i first started reading the letters, to be completely sucked into her world, and, you know, if i, you know, had said at the outset that, you know, that she was institutionalized, then you know people will just say she's crazy and not have to wre
where was pakistan at that time? in some ways this beak is also a book about america and pakistan, america and islam, so, you know, i don't want to sort of lose sight of those aspects of the book in, you know, in the fine grain because she is a vehicle for a lot of these sort of meditations, but as to the question of what i decided to do with her letters. i felt it was important for -- to have her as a vehicle for the reader to experience her letters, you know, with immediacy in her own words...
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>> guest: pakistan is very difficult, but let me just -- because we hear so many problems as pakistan and one to throw out some things that are quite promising. one, you have a real independent process in pakistan. ten years ago you had state tv. now you've got several dozens of news stations, some of which are quite anti-american that they are also entitled in and you have the dictatorship there. second, the religious pro taliban religious parties, political parties have been annihilated in the polls in pakistan. pakistan does not tell them-style rules. these pro taliban religious doherty is are about 2% of the vote in the last election, so there are some positives. the negatives of course is that there was in "the new york times" a few days ago about the assassin of the governor of prinjab shore with pedals by the same lawyers who got musharraf out of cover which is disturbing because we saw the jacket of people who are pro-democracy voting for a guy that assassinates one of the most important politicians in their country just based on the opposition to the blasphemy. >> host: and t
>> guest: pakistan is very difficult, but let me just -- because we hear so many problems as pakistan and one to throw out some things that are quite promising. one, you have a real independent process in pakistan. ten years ago you had state tv. now you've got several dozens of news stations, some of which are quite anti-american that they are also entitled in and you have the dictatorship there. second, the religious pro taliban religious parties, political parties have been annihilated...
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i couldn't face riding pakistan. afghanistan for some reason was very easy to write and i could not face riding pakistan. it was ryder's block. i was only riding the funny bets. i didn't even put it together and then i went to visit my mother for ten days over christmas which is a great way to write a book because if you ever consider doing it you realize you have an excuse to get away from your mother for half the they. my mother likes to talk a lot about feelings and the motions and in like that. i would take half the day and write the book and then come and read it to her. i wrote all of pakistan in those ten days. i wrote about 5,000 words a day. it was all inside me waiting to come out and i needed my mom around almost to hold my hand and walked me through it. my parents didn't know any of the stuff i would for because you are protecting them. it was really sort of difficult for her as well to hear everything i went through. people always say you wrote a funny book. what is funny about this? parts are very funny
i couldn't face riding pakistan. afghanistan for some reason was very easy to write and i could not face riding pakistan. it was ryder's block. i was only riding the funny bets. i didn't even put it together and then i went to visit my mother for ten days over christmas which is a great way to write a book because if you ever consider doing it you realize you have an excuse to get away from your mother for half the they. my mother likes to talk a lot about feelings and the motions and in like...
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>> guest: mostly afghanistan. >> host: what about pakistan? i think we are the right path in afghanistan but we do have a plausible strategy in the resources to carry out i am also sure about pakistan. do you feel we're on the right track and if not what should we be doing? >> guest: pakistan this effort -- very difficult but because we hear some day problems we will throw some things that are quite promising. we have a real independent presence before you just had state tv and dozens of few stations which are quite anti-american and pro democracy. second you have the lawyers movement and third, the pro religious and pro taliban parties have been annihilated and pakistan does not want the foreign role. these pro taliban religious parties only got to% of the vote to. there are positives and negatives of course, there is a brilliant story a few days ago about the assassin that was showered with paddles of those who got musharraf out of power because they educated people who are pro democracy at applaud the guy who assassinates one of the most im
>> guest: mostly afghanistan. >> host: what about pakistan? i think we are the right path in afghanistan but we do have a plausible strategy in the resources to carry out i am also sure about pakistan. do you feel we're on the right track and if not what should we be doing? >> guest: pakistan this effort -- very difficult but because we hear some day problems we will throw some things that are quite promising. we have a real independent presence before you just had state tv...
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but i have to go to pakistan. and one element of the story that i haven't really discussed so much as they demand that invited mary ann to margaret barker is to come up with him and his family in pakistan. and this man is like, what condi was to india, this man was to pakistan. but this is another question at the heart of the book. why did this incredibly powerful islamic political leader invited to jewish girl that he had been corresponding with for a year to live with them as his daughter. i mean, here he had nine children, but is inviting yet another woman to his house in pakistan. so it's one thing to sort of go back and forth as to who marion gmail it is, but then you need the historical context. where was pakistan at that time? influence among us, this book is also a book about america and pakistan, america and islam. so you know, i don't want to sort of loose sight of those aspects of the book and the fine-grained because marionette symbolizes a vehicle for a lot of these meditations. but as to the question
but i have to go to pakistan. and one element of the story that i haven't really discussed so much as they demand that invited mary ann to margaret barker is to come up with him and his family in pakistan. and this man is like, what condi was to india, this man was to pakistan. but this is another question at the heart of the book. why did this incredibly powerful islamic political leader invited to jewish girl that he had been corresponding with for a year to live with them as his daughter. i...
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this wasn't someone who caved in pakistan. let's take a step back. the personnel on the base was led by a woman named jennifer matthews, a mother of three who lived in virginia, not far from where we are now. she came along the way in this attack for a lot of criticism but let's start at the beginning why was she chosen for what was a very, very important part? >> guest: she's a remarkable character in her own right and as you say, she came under quite a bit of criticism after the attack perhaps being naive and maybe too trusting of this informant when he was coming on to the base, but this was a woman who paid her dues for the cia and had become overly period of a decade and a half of the most knowledgeable al qaeda experts she was there before al qaeda was known by almost anyone sort of our giving and agitating paying more attention to these guys and after 9/11 happened, her and her entire branch in the cia was screaming. we told you so. this is a huge mistake we didn't pay attention when we should have. and so she became even more sort of involved
this wasn't someone who caved in pakistan. let's take a step back. the personnel on the base was led by a woman named jennifer matthews, a mother of three who lived in virginia, not far from where we are now. she came along the way in this attack for a lot of criticism but let's start at the beginning why was she chosen for what was a very, very important part? >> guest: she's a remarkable character in her own right and as you say, she came under quite a bit of criticism after the attack...
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to pakistan. one had to do with some planes which we sold to them. had their money and didn't deliver the planes. i don't know -- i don't claim to have been particularly courageous. i have to look at my own votes in that area. whether i met the test of courage isn't the point. it wasn't just mishandled. it was terribly wrong for us to be selling them something and not deliver while hanging onto their money. that has been corrected but 15 years, we know how many years and how that unfold. also, we are not leaving the area. your question contains both questions about are we leaving afghanistan? abandoning pakistan? we won't do either. the choice is if pakistan gives us that choice, losing an ally, if we continue to speak the truth about the relationship of pakistan and their isi to the events across the border, if we continue to speak the truth, it is the truth that we could lose an ally, we have to protect their troops. of the price of that is making a relationship with pakistan much more difficult
to pakistan. one had to do with some planes which we sold to them. had their money and didn't deliver the planes. i don't know -- i don't claim to have been particularly courageous. i have to look at my own votes in that area. whether i met the test of courage isn't the point. it wasn't just mishandled. it was terribly wrong for us to be selling them something and not deliver while hanging onto their money. that has been corrected but 15 years, we know how many years and how that unfold. also,...
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can we do this and get pakistan to stop underminding india and india to stop underminding pakistan. that, we don't know how to do. when you make your foreign policy that ambitious -- >> host: the consequences of failure are higher. >> guest: and you leave yourself in afghanistan, and for the moment, i'm more interested in having the 150,000 troops out. i'm not particularly interested, i don't think it's in the national interest of the united states government of what's in kabul, and i want to see that the united states will rebalance and be better able to respond to russian invasions of georgia. if they create an unbalanced foreign policy, how do you read -- reap from that? >> guest: one thing -- >> host: one thing we have to talk about is china. when you have a relationship with india and pakistan, the big piece of that that we vice president talked about at all is china. you are of the view that some of the current almost hysteria about the rise of china and what it means in the long term consequencings has been wildly overstated in the u.s.. tell me why you think that. >> guest:
can we do this and get pakistan to stop underminding india and india to stop underminding pakistan. that, we don't know how to do. when you make your foreign policy that ambitious -- >> host: the consequences of failure are higher. >> guest: and you leave yourself in afghanistan, and for the moment, i'm more interested in having the 150,000 troops out. i'm not particularly interested, i don't think it's in the national interest of the united states government of what's in kabul, and...
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sticking with pakistan for a little bit here, there's a popularly elected government in pakistan backed by the military, generally assumed to really run the show, does that mod et still -- model still fit your theory? can you have essentially a front man, somebody out there who is the person with whom the united states deals directly who is mentioned in the book somewhat admiringly for his ability -- >> guest: chief of admiration, yes. >> host: there you go. perhaps you can talk about that. is he a dictator? does he fit your model? >> guest: well, this is the beauty of the democratic systems that have not evolved. we have elections, so we'd like to think of the classic one man, one vote, one person, one vote. this is how we like to think about elections functioning, but in many, many cases, we find that people twaim implicitly end up voting in big blocks. if you were to think about the pakistan case, there's a rural area, a politician shows up, and they make a deal with the elders, and if they deliver enough votes, they won't get much, but they will get a few jobs. there's going to be s
sticking with pakistan for a little bit here, there's a popularly elected government in pakistan backed by the military, generally assumed to really run the show, does that mod et still -- model still fit your theory? can you have essentially a front man, somebody out there who is the person with whom the united states deals directly who is mentioned in the book somewhat admiringly for his ability -- >> guest: chief of admiration, yes. >> host: there you go. perhaps you can talk...
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pakistan. and what came out of that was a collection of scholarly essays called the bellagio papers, and i believe you have a handout outside, a brief rundown on this project. the project really looked at this idea of where pakistan is headed and what kind of variables we need to worry about as we look into the future. the project involved conducting research and economic activities on pakistan, but once we had the findings from the project, steve and i got talking about the subject a bit more, and we thought that there was a need to initiate or systematic research-driven debate on the medium to long-term future of pakistan, and that's what has brought us here today. we're going to cover three aspects through the afternoon. the first panel is going to look at the variables and factors which will be key in determining what direction pakistan take. the second one, panelists will talk about various potential futures of pakistan, and the third one will hone in on the policy implications, both for t
pakistan. and what came out of that was a collection of scholarly essays called the bellagio papers, and i believe you have a handout outside, a brief rundown on this project. the project really looked at this idea of where pakistan is headed and what kind of variables we need to worry about as we look into the future. the project involved conducting research and economic activities on pakistan, but once we had the findings from the project, steve and i got talking about the subject a bit more,...
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therefore, i regard can we trust pakistan cannot trust pakistan, i don't know what to do with it. because i see our country as having decisions, and i think this is not a realist or an idealist position. this is simply the way we have played the cards that have led us here. can we do this and get pakistan to stop undermining india and get india to start undermining pakistan? that, we don't know how to do. and one of the problems is when you meet your foreign policy that ambitious, that i don't simply want to get out -- >> host: the failure are much, much higher -- >> guest: and you leave yourself in afghanistan. then for the moment having those on hundred 50,000 troops out, i'm not particularly interested in the national interest of the united states, what kind of government there is in kabul, and i want to see the united states more balanced and able to respond to the russian invasion of georgia and the things of that sort, so i want to balance the foreign policy. afghanistan creates an unbalanced foreign policy and my question is how to rebalance it and there is an ugly price to
therefore, i regard can we trust pakistan cannot trust pakistan, i don't know what to do with it. because i see our country as having decisions, and i think this is not a realist or an idealist position. this is simply the way we have played the cards that have led us here. can we do this and get pakistan to stop undermining india and get india to start undermining pakistan? that, we don't know how to do. and one of the problems is when you meet your foreign policy that ambitious, that i don't...
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but not to the same extent that it is in pakistan. in pakistan there were instances where if we break here we can run the water through the state into the desert and save hundreds of the villages. unfortunately the guy whose land was going to go through he sort of went up on the bridge and said this isn't going to happen so we see bad public policy and redistribution and we are saving the few chosen even though the system is normally nondemocratic. >> guest: one of the things that we are hoping to cure people of and the dictators handbook is the distinction of the categorical regimes, democracy, autocracy, monarchies. for instance, we talk about a winning coalition drawn from the pool of people. all the democracies have the characteristic that the selected is very large, the pool of people coming and the winning coalition is relatively large but highly variable in size. britain to control the prime ministership become a candidate in the two-party race needs to win half of the parliamentary districts with half of the votes so they don'
but not to the same extent that it is in pakistan. in pakistan there were instances where if we break here we can run the water through the state into the desert and save hundreds of the villages. unfortunately the guy whose land was going to go through he sort of went up on the bridge and said this isn't going to happen so we see bad public policy and redistribution and we are saving the few chosen even though the system is normally nondemocratic. >> guest: one of the things that we are...
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and, therefore, we are stuck with a pakistan because i fear we withdraw, which? pakistan loses. oil we entice pakistan in various ways into collaborating in a stage withdrawal. so, this comes to the point that it really doesn't matter what happened in the past. if our goal is to somehow exit afghanistan without attempting to occupy it which is not a choice. we must deal with pakistan. i mean, who else can we? >> host: the question is not dealing with pakistan so much as what is the longer-term outcome in terms of are they going to come away from wherever we end up with a new status quo in afghanistan, we commit to the campaign of undermining their neighbor next door in india. that's -- >> guest: we can avoid that by staying in afghanistan permanently. or live with it. so here's exactly how i approach the foreign policy issue. you pose the question, if pakistan comes to be secure in afghanistan, we can destabilize india? may well. shall be therefore state permit in afghanistan? how do we prevent that? what i come to say yeah, i think pakistan and india have reasons to distrust ea
and, therefore, we are stuck with a pakistan because i fear we withdraw, which? pakistan loses. oil we entice pakistan in various ways into collaborating in a stage withdrawal. so, this comes to the point that it really doesn't matter what happened in the past. if our goal is to somehow exit afghanistan without attempting to occupy it which is not a choice. we must deal with pakistan. i mean, who else can we? >> host: the question is not dealing with pakistan so much as what is the...
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can we do this and get pakistan to stop undermining india and india to stop undermining pakistan? know, that we don't know how to do. and won a bronze if we make make a foreign policy, -- idols of the want to get -- >> host: the consequences of failure are much, much higher. >> guest: and julie herself in afghanistan. at the moment i much more interested in having to 2,050,000 troops out. i do think it's a national interest national interest of the united states applet type of government there is in kabul. i want to see deny safe more balance, able to respond to russian advances in georgia. i want to balance foreign policy. my question is how do i rebalance it. >> host: one thing we haven't talked about at all so far is china. and, of course, we have a conversation about india and pakistan, the big piece of that that we haven't talked about at all is china. you are of the view that some of the current almost hysteria about the rise of china and what it will mean for the long-term consequences to american power has been widely overstated in the u.s. tell me why you think that. >> g
can we do this and get pakistan to stop undermining india and india to stop undermining pakistan? know, that we don't know how to do. and won a bronze if we make make a foreign policy, -- idols of the want to get -- >> host: the consequences of failure are much, much higher. >> guest: and julie herself in afghanistan. at the moment i much more interested in having to 2,050,000 troops out. i do think it's a national interest national interest of the united states applet type of...
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pakistan is forever. we are going to leave at some point. >> host: i have to say i'm a little disappointed but not surprised you haven't come up with a magic solution to the problem of pakistan. i've wish someone would figure out to solve it. >> guest: let me tell you a very concrete thing that would be good. 60% of pakistan's economy is textile business. we, attacks on french textiles is relatively low but on pakistani textiles are relatively high. that would be a substantial thing. there are people in congress who oppose this, but fixing some of the tariff barriers on pakistani textiles, that's the kind of thing you can concretely to. which i think will have an. >> host: i agree with you. i think that is a good thing. it's not going to solve the problem. it will help to make it perhaps a little more prosperous. most of your book obviously is the history of the last 10 years. let me get back a little bit to some of the history which is primarily about the bush administration, and their responses to 9/11.
pakistan is forever. we are going to leave at some point. >> host: i have to say i'm a little disappointed but not surprised you haven't come up with a magic solution to the problem of pakistan. i've wish someone would figure out to solve it. >> guest: let me tell you a very concrete thing that would be good. 60% of pakistan's economy is textile business. we, attacks on french textiles is relatively low but on pakistani textiles are relatively high. that would be a substantial...
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and secondly we are offering pakistan a long term strategic partnership and i think pakistan takes them as a friend, with some justification. and we need to try to get past that in our interest and their interest or more alive today than they were several years ago and so that is a good thing but we shouldn't expect miracles and i were the general i would be making a lot of the same decisions. he's going to be bordering on afghanistan and india, pakistan is forever. we are going to leave at some point. >> host: i have to say i'm a little disappointed but not surprised you haven't come up with a magic solution for pakistan. i wish somebody would figure out how to solve it. i've been looking for years and i haven't found anybody -- >> guest: let me tell you a concrete thing that would be good. 60% of the economy is a textile business. we have tough tax on the textiles with this country on the pakistani textiles their relatively high. though it be a substantial thing of course people in north carolina in congress and opposed to this but fixing some of the tariffs barriers on the textiles i
and secondly we are offering pakistan a long term strategic partnership and i think pakistan takes them as a friend, with some justification. and we need to try to get past that in our interest and their interest or more alive today than they were several years ago and so that is a good thing but we shouldn't expect miracles and i were the general i would be making a lot of the same decisions. he's going to be bordering on afghanistan and india, pakistan is forever. we are going to leave at...
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>> sir, i believe the pakistanis know he is in pakistan. whether or not there is a -- >> let me ask you this. if they tried for about a week, do you think they could find him? >> sir, i can't answer that question. i don't know whether they could or not. because i don't know where he is. >> have we asked them to find him? >> sir, i believe they have. >> well, i'm asking. i think senator levin and i both ask together today. we are asking the pakistan government to help us find mullah omar who has tried to destroy afghanistan, who has formed an allegiance with al qaeda, and so along those lines general allen, are we certain that i.e.d.s being used against american troops in afghanistan and coalition working in general are coming out of pakistan? senator, i believe, yes, we are. >> smart. -- as a matter of fact, we have given pakistani information and buildings. is that not true? >> that's true. >> have they responded? >> no. >> i'm with chairman levin. this has got to stop. let's talk about corruption. have you read the article about the afgha
>> sir, i believe the pakistanis know he is in pakistan. whether or not there is a -- >> let me ask you this. if they tried for about a week, do you think they could find him? >> sir, i can't answer that question. i don't know whether they could or not. because i don't know where he is. >> have we asked them to find him? >> sir, i believe they have. >> well, i'm asking. i think senator levin and i both ask together today. we are asking the pakistan government...
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it's going to be pakistan that saves pakistan if pakistan is to be saved or watches as pakistan -- if pakistan is not saved. and i think we really have to be aware of what our mim -- our limitations are. we are help and make it easier for the members of the diaspora to send money and travel back and forth for freer exchange of people. this is going to be in the hands of pakistani there and here. very quickly on the drones, i agree. we need more transparency. i have often advocated for openly and above board double flag the drones. it is u.s.-pakistani endeavor. neither u.s. or pakistani officials have shown any appetite for that approach. >> thanks. let me just generally make two or three comments. one, i think this relationship basically can be summed up by the phrase duplicity for all. it's not pakistan, it's not the u.s. everything here is due police sit, and everybody is lying. i'm the biggest advocate for transparency. the problem is not only drones, everything that both sides are doing should be transparent. if there are things not in the country's own interest either u.s. or pa
it's going to be pakistan that saves pakistan if pakistan is to be saved or watches as pakistan -- if pakistan is not saved. and i think we really have to be aware of what our mim -- our limitations are. we are help and make it easier for the members of the diaspora to send money and travel back and forth for freer exchange of people. this is going to be in the hands of pakistani there and here. very quickly on the drones, i agree. we need more transparency. i have often advocated for openly...
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but not to the same extent it is in pakistan but in pakistan, there were instances where if we take, if we break the dam here we can run this water through this into the desert and save hundreds of villages downstream. unfortunately the guy whose line is going to go to his member of cabinet answer would've on the bridge after this isn't going to happen. we see bad public policy. we see redistribution with saving the few chosen, even though the system is nominally democratic. >> guest: one of the things we are hoping to cure people of with a dictators have, is the distinction of categorical regimes, democracy, autocracy, monarchy, junta. for instance, we talk about this winning coalition, all democracies have the characteristic that the selectric is very large, the pool of people. and the winning coalition is relatively larger but highly variable in size. in britain, to control the prime ministership, a candidate, the two-party race, needs to win half of the parliamentary districts, half of those, they only need 75% of the vote. 75% of vote is properly distributed it could've gone the
but not to the same extent it is in pakistan but in pakistan, there were instances where if we take, if we break the dam here we can run this water through this into the desert and save hundreds of villages downstream. unfortunately the guy whose line is going to go to his member of cabinet answer would've on the bridge after this isn't going to happen. we see bad public policy. we see redistribution with saving the few chosen, even though the system is nominally democratic. >> guest: one...
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they can operate elsewhere, yemen, pakistan, etc.? >> the truth is we have to prevent them from operating anywhere and we've sought to do that. the commander of the u.s. central command we have i don't know what was come over 80% of the deployed u.s. special operations forces and the key reason wasn't just iraq and afghanistan, it was also ought we were living in other areas including yemen and several other countries in the region. the fact is if we can force them to displease from pakistan that is hugely significant because they will have to leave the infrastructure, relationships, networks, command and control systems and everything else they've established over 20 or 40 years and just as when the taliban had to leave the district and leave behind massive caches of weapons, explosives we are finding four times more explosives, cash than we ever found before and it's because the area they had to leave or be killed or captured so you have the same dynamic of the can be displaced in pakistan. but there's no question you have to go ove
they can operate elsewhere, yemen, pakistan, etc.? >> the truth is we have to prevent them from operating anywhere and we've sought to do that. the commander of the u.s. central command we have i don't know what was come over 80% of the deployed u.s. special operations forces and the key reason wasn't just iraq and afghanistan, it was also ought we were living in other areas including yemen and several other countries in the region. the fact is if we can force them to displease from...
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iran, pakistan, and these people without a country migrated for money. some of them were soldiers of fortune. others were like khalid shaikh mohammed's father. they came looking to make money and make a new life. his father comes quickly as a merchant and a peddler and becomes an imam preaching a radical version of islam. more or less at this time unknown to the village people of which he was one. he captures this ideology in kuwait most likely through saudi sources or people loosely called wahabism more properly known as sloth is in. this radical form of islam in the 1950s and 60s is immensely appealing in that section of kuwait for two reasons. most of the presidents are not kuwaitis. they are displaced peoples. predominantly palestinians and palestinians have much of the lower professional jobs, schoolteachers, police officers and things like that. the other displaced people bangladeshis from the war between india and pakistan, pakistani looking for money. people from the far east predominantly muslim, all of whom come into kuwait without these but ve
iran, pakistan, and these people without a country migrated for money. some of them were soldiers of fortune. others were like khalid shaikh mohammed's father. they came looking to make money and make a new life. his father comes quickly as a merchant and a peddler and becomes an imam preaching a radical version of islam. more or less at this time unknown to the village people of which he was one. he captures this ideology in kuwait most likely through saudi sources or people loosely called...
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pakistan. there was a collusion of the u.s. and pakistan interest and therefore fighting against the soviet union. we decided to launch a jihad. jihad is a holy war. and when i say we, the united ud states and also pakistan in the lead role decided to launch a jihad, a holy war, for the reason of attracting mujahideen holy warriors from all over the muslim world and may i say we succeeded in growing about 25,000 to 30,000 mujahideen from the whole -- from the muslim world extending from morocco to indonesia. not only that, we recruited trained, and armed taliban from the tribal agencies of pakistan and pump them into afghanistan. this continued for 10 long years ladies and gentlemen, this jihad, the holy war with the united states and pakistan assistance for the people of afghanistan. there are two points that i want to highlight here which are very significant. number one, that the elites of afghanistan abandoned afghanistan during this period. they came to the united states and europe. and th
pakistan. there was a collusion of the u.s. and pakistan interest and therefore fighting against the soviet union. we decided to launch a jihad. jihad is a holy war. and when i say we, the united ud states and also pakistan in the lead role decided to launch a jihad, a holy war, for the reason of attracting mujahideen holy warriors from all over the muslim world and may i say we succeeded in growing about 25,000 to 30,000 mujahideen from the whole -- from the muslim world extending from morocco...
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the strategy remains for pakistan. you can't see them now and pakistan is a better place to hide your al qaeda. the infrastructure had cities. you can't go in there as americans. from the american military loves you what we have this massive military footprint in afghanistan where al qaeda is and and you have yemen, pakistan, where al qaeda is. i am not saying we should invade, but by our own logic it makes no sense to be in afghanistan. but i can't even more importantly, al qaeda isn't that big a threat in the first place. they got lucky in september 11th. since then you can't point to any single success and the become an inspiration to people. but it's not like to have the kind of james bond bad guy sitting in pakistan planning attacks. but we persist with the bush policies under obama now and we are spreading the war on terror into yemen, somalia and elsewhere. the yemen government is the worst regime and the reason now that saddam has been removed and we are tying ourselves to it. this is a regime that bombs the nu
the strategy remains for pakistan. you can't see them now and pakistan is a better place to hide your al qaeda. the infrastructure had cities. you can't go in there as americans. from the american military loves you what we have this massive military footprint in afghanistan where al qaeda is and and you have yemen, pakistan, where al qaeda is. i am not saying we should invade, but by our own logic it makes no sense to be in afghanistan. but i can't even more importantly, al qaeda isn't that...
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the remaining by pakistan we can't see them now. pakistan is much better place tonight if you're al qaeda. if you have infrastructure in cities, you can't win as americans. why do we have this massive military footprint in afghanistan where al qaeda is and then you have yemen, pakistan where al qaeda is? i'm not saying we should invade, but by your own longer genex docents to be in afghanistan. they think even more importantly al qaeda isn't really that big of a threat in the first place. they got lucky september 11. since then you can't point to any single success. the become an inspiration to people. it's not like you have a james bond bad guy in pakistan sending the type. but we persist with this war on terror with bush's policies under obama now and we are spreading the war of terror into gehman, somalia and elsewhere. gavin -- the yemeni government is the worst regimes now that it's been removed and we are tying ourselves to it. this is a regime in yemen fighting shia rebels. it invents the huge al qaeda threats of weapons and
the remaining by pakistan we can't see them now. pakistan is much better place tonight if you're al qaeda. if you have infrastructure in cities, you can't win as americans. why do we have this massive military footprint in afghanistan where al qaeda is and then you have yemen, pakistan where al qaeda is? i'm not saying we should invade, but by your own longer genex docents to be in afghanistan. they think even more importantly al qaeda isn't really that big of a threat in the first place. they...
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we proceed taliban into pakistan. thanks to that border area we pushed taliban and al qaeda deeper into pakistan and we pushed drug networks in to pakistan which has 100 huge chinese and a permanent home in india so we took a al qaeda which is somehow an army at one point in afghanistan and destroyed it. when we went in there in 2001, al qaeda had a couple thousand guys. you can see them now. pakistan is a better place to hide. infrastructure has cities and you can't go in as americans. why do we have this movement in afghanistan where al qaeda isn't, i am not say we should not invade but by our own logic it makes no sense to be in afghanistan. more importantly, al qaeda is not that big a threat. they got lucky december 11th. since then, you can't point to any -- they have become an inspiration to people. they are not planning attacks. if we persist with this war on terror to push these policies under obama we are spreading the war into yemen, somaliland elsewhere. the yemeni government is the worst regime in america
we proceed taliban into pakistan. thanks to that border area we pushed taliban and al qaeda deeper into pakistan and we pushed drug networks in to pakistan which has 100 huge chinese and a permanent home in india so we took a al qaeda which is somehow an army at one point in afghanistan and destroyed it. when we went in there in 2001, al qaeda had a couple thousand guys. you can see them now. pakistan is a better place to hide. infrastructure has cities and you can't go in as americans. why do...
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we push them into pakistan. and things are drone strikes in the border area we push taliban and al qaeda deeper into pakistan into karachi. we push drug networks into pakistan which has 100 new and huge him and he permanent home in india. we took al qaeda which was somehow an army at one point in afghanistan and destroyed it. when we first winner in 2001. al qaeda had a couple thousand guys that could fight. they were destroyed or arrested. the others remain, fled to pakistan. pakistan is a much better place to live if you are al qaeda. infrastructure has cities and you can't go in as americans. why do have this massive military footprint in afghanistan where al qaeda isn't, and yet yemen, pakistan where al qaeda is? i'm not saying we should invade yemen or pakistan but bio-logic it makes no sense to be in afghanistan. but i think even more importantly al qaeda isn't that big of a threat in the first place. they got lucky in september 11. since then you can't point to any single success. they have become an insp
we push them into pakistan. and things are drone strikes in the border area we push taliban and al qaeda deeper into pakistan into karachi. we push drug networks into pakistan which has 100 new and huge him and he permanent home in india. we took al qaeda which was somehow an army at one point in afghanistan and destroyed it. when we first winner in 2001. al qaeda had a couple thousand guys that could fight. they were destroyed or arrested. the others remain, fled to pakistan. pakistan is a...
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now wants from zardari and pakistan is two things. one, keep a lid on terrorism so it doesn't become an external threat to the united states whether in afghanistan or elsewhere, and sort of a subset of that specifically go after these groups that primarily operate along the afghan border. is that -- neither of which pakistan has done foley despite terrorism. so is it in the zardari's interest to stay in power to keep, to follow the rules of the dictators handbook to do in the of those things. >> guest: i wrote a book called the prediction near's game animals amid chapter of that book is about how much it would take from the united states to get the pakistanis to pursue the taliban and so forth about 1.5 billion the book makes the point that for that amount of money would get the optimal effort we shouldn't expect them to wipe out the taliban. we shouldn't expect them to wipe out al qaeda and pakistan because if they do, the money will stop. we have no reason to give them money if it is the objective 56 the problem as much as mubarak d
now wants from zardari and pakistan is two things. one, keep a lid on terrorism so it doesn't become an external threat to the united states whether in afghanistan or elsewhere, and sort of a subset of that specifically go after these groups that primarily operate along the afghan border. is that -- neither of which pakistan has done foley despite terrorism. so is it in the zardari's interest to stay in power to keep, to follow the rules of the dictators handbook to do in the of those things....
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and so that's the struggle that we've had with pakistan. i do believe that we're going to have to ask tough questions. we need to understand. i think it's inherent as our relationship continues here that we know who, what, where and why about osama bin laden being in this particular compound for as much as five years. we should all understand that. and that's -- today, i will tell you today, from all the information i had seen, we can't conclusively say that somebody senior knew and promoted safe haven. clearly, there may have been elements that have -- that knew and looked the other way. but we can't say the institutions yet knew and looked the other way. hopefully, we will know that, i believe. and this is a good opportunity for pakistan to say, listen, this was -- this was embarrassing. let's move forward. there's a lot we can do together and let's talk about all the things we can do together to break the back of the counterterrorism threat emanating from the tribal areas and settled areas in pakistan. [inaudible] >> okay. if we -- >> i
and so that's the struggle that we've had with pakistan. i do believe that we're going to have to ask tough questions. we need to understand. i think it's inherent as our relationship continues here that we know who, what, where and why about osama bin laden being in this particular compound for as much as five years. we should all understand that. and that's -- today, i will tell you today, from all the information i had seen, we can't conclusively say that somebody senior knew and promoted...
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this is not someone in a cave in pakistan. so that's the bottom. let's take a step back. the personal on the cia base in khost, the base was led by jennifer matthews. and mother of three who lived in virginia, not terribly far from where we are now. she came in along the way in the aftermath of this attack for a lot of criticism. let's start at the beginning. why was she chosen for what was a very, very important post? >> guest: she's a remarkable character in all right. she did as you say, she came under quite a bit of criticism after the attack for perhaps being naÏve and maybe too trusting of this informant when he was coming onto the base. this was a woman who paid her dues with the cia and had become a repeat of about about a decade and a half the most knowledgeable al qaeda expert the cia had. she was there before al qaeda was known by almost anyone, arguing and agitating, paying more attention to these guys, and dangers. we should take this as a after 9/11 happened, her and her entire al qaeda branch in say a were screaming, we told you so. this was a huge mistake
this is not someone in a cave in pakistan. so that's the bottom. let's take a step back. the personal on the cia base in khost, the base was led by jennifer matthews. and mother of three who lived in virginia, not terribly far from where we are now. she came in along the way in the aftermath of this attack for a lot of criticism. let's start at the beginning. why was she chosen for what was a very, very important post? >> guest: she's a remarkable character in all right. she did as you...
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pakistan has no connection. after he is captured he disappears from view and it is hard to get an account what happens between march 2003 as a timber 2006. ksm disappears into a series of secret prisons from thailand and romania and near warsaw poland. we don't know because there colder continues to prosecute ksm interrogate years. men under criminal indictment are subject to investigation oddly enough to not like to talk when things are on the record so there are limits to the accounts of this period but we do know certain things for a fact based on documents released that ksm was waterboarded march 2003. half of all outcry that captures talk without course of measures that all. the other half are put on the staircase of increasingly severe measures. and they are not that severe. one is the bellies lot. you have to have written permission 24 hours in advance before you slap the detainee in the belly. there is a very specific description and how you for your hand and the gap between your fingers and you can stop
pakistan has no connection. after he is captured he disappears from view and it is hard to get an account what happens between march 2003 as a timber 2006. ksm disappears into a series of secret prisons from thailand and romania and near warsaw poland. we don't know because there colder continues to prosecute ksm interrogate years. men under criminal indictment are subject to investigation oddly enough to not like to talk when things are on the record so there are limits to the accounts of this...
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pakistan has a nuclear deterrent capacity, this is very good for pakistan. that means you may not require a very large provincial army to pursue pakistan's develop the sector today, they cannot afford pakistan air force, navy and army the way they are doing now. and this is a case very clearly political leadership is making. they are not making it effectively. they need to do a better job. they need more attraction become civil military leadership so army may not -- that someone setting and the presidency our prime minister is talking to someone in washington, d.c., and everyone is in pakistan army to dismantle it. no one wants that at all. the only thing is that i think political leadership in pakistan is mature. yes, they will be in the process of decision-making, better decision-making, effective interaction will happen. but the basic point about the capacity i would also slightly disagree. the problem is i don't have time, because i will miss my train. thank you. >> before you leave the room, i will say something so we're clear on this. i think everythin
pakistan has a nuclear deterrent capacity, this is very good for pakistan. that means you may not require a very large provincial army to pursue pakistan's develop the sector today, they cannot afford pakistan air force, navy and army the way they are doing now. and this is a case very clearly political leadership is making. they are not making it effectively. they need to do a better job. they need more attraction become civil military leadership so army may not -- that someone setting and the...